A SILVER AND COPPER-INLAID BRASS TRAY
PROBABLY DAMASCUS, OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with flat rim, the decoration with large calligraphic medallions with thuluth script reading al-'ilm wa al-adab khayr min al-dhahab (Science and literature are worth more than gold), the centre with a calligraphic roundel with interlocking upstrokes, bordered by floral and geometric arabesques
19¾in. (50.2cm.) diam.
A SILVER AND COPPER-INLAID BRASS TRAY
PROBABLY DAMASCUS, OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with flat rim, the decoration with large calligraphic medallions with thuluth script reading al-'ilm wa al-adab khayr min al-dhahab (Science and literature are worth more than gold), the centre with a calligraphic roundel with interlocking upstrokes, bordered by floral and geometric arabesques
19¾in. (50.2cm.) diam.
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